From June 1, 2021, all images that get backed up on Google Photos will automatically consume your limited free 15GB Google account space that is shared by Gmail, Docs and Drive.
Starting June 1, all photos that you backup on will count towards your free 15GB account storage. Until now, only those photos that were backed up in ‘Original Quality’ consumed your Google account storage and Google offered unlimited backup for photos saved in ‘High Quality’ and did occupy your Google account storage. But from June 1, 2021, all images that get backed up on Google Photos will automatically consume your limited free 15GB Google account space that is shared by Gmail, Docs and Drive. Note that High Quality photos are compressed and usually are of low quality when compared to Original Quality photos but High Quality photos occupy less storage space.
